Vocab
defining the term nutrition
Nutrition is the study of nutrients in food, how the body uses them, and the relationship between diet, health, and disease.
Sugary soft drinks lead to diabetes?
Short answer: True
The majority of health research is stacked against sugar-sweetened soft drinks. A large 2004 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women who drank one or more sugary drinks per day increased their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 83% compared to those who consumed less than one of these beverages per month. If you crave a drink with fizz, try soda water with some fresh lemon squeezed into it.
Using the same knife for meat and vegetables can cause cross-contamination?
Yes.
Name 2 common eating disorders
(e.g., anorexia nervosa, binge eating, bulimia, fasting, food addictions)
This purple vegetable, often used to make a popular Italian dish, is important for healthy aging.
Eggplant
defining the term wellness
Wellness is the act of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better physical and mental health outcomes, so that instead of just surviving, you're thriving. ... Several key areas of your lifestyle are considered dimensions of overall Wellness.
Nuts make you fat?
Short answer: False
As much as 75% of a nut is fat. But eating fat doesn’t necessarily make you fat. The bigger factor leading to weight gain is portion-size. Luckily, nuts are loaded with healthy fats that keep you full. They’re also a good source of protein and fibre. One study even found that whole almonds have 20% less calories than previously thought because a lot of the fat is excreted from the body. If you’re trying to lose weight but love your nuts, stick to using your fingers as a guide – the amount that can fit on three fingers will make a good snack and stop you from overindulging.
How hot should the inside of a hamburger be before you take it off the grill?
Correct Answer!: According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even if a burger is brown in the middle, it might not be hot enough to safely eat. You should use a food thermometer to make sure it's 160 degrees Fahrenheit (71 degrees Celsius).
True or false: Eating disorders are very serious, and even deadly, illnesses.
TRUE
There are many varieties of this white vegetable including shitake and portobello.
What is a mushroom?
defining the term nutrient
Nutrients are chemical compounds in food that are used by the body to function properly and maintain health. Examples include proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.
Drinking fruit juice is as good for you as eating fruit?
Short answer: False
Calorie for calorie, whole fruit provides more nutritional benefits than drinking the pure juice of that fruit. That’s because when you liquefy fruit, stripping away the peel and dumping the pulp, many ingredients like fibre, calcium, vitamin C, and other antioxidants are lost. For comparison, half a glass of orange juice that contains 69 calories has .3 grams of dietary fibre and 16 milligrams of calcium, whereas an orange with the same number of calories packs 3.1 grams of fibre and 60 milligrams of calcium. Not only that, when you take away the fibre, the sugar from the juice causes a blood sugar spike, which can leave you craving more.
How much of a time window do you have between leaving the grocery store and refrigerating your food?
2 hours! You have two hours to get everything into the fridge. But if it's more than 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) out there, you have only one hour. So hop to it!
True or false: You can recover from an eating disorder.
True
Made scrambled, fried or poached.
Eggs
defining the term macronutrient
There are three broad classes of macronutrient: proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
Does coffee cause cancer?
Short answer: False
Coffee got a bad rap in the 1980s when a study linked drinking coffee to pancreatic cancer. The preliminary report was later debunked. More recently, health studies have swung in favour of the caffeinated beverage Coffee has been linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, liver cancer, and even suicide. The trick is to not drink too much!
Bacteria breeds best when the temperature is:
Correct Answer!: Bacteria breeds if food remains in the temperature range of 40 degrees to 140 degrees Farenheit (4 degrees to 60 degrees Celsius) for three or more hours.
These are two symptoms of ALL eating disorders.
What are depression and low self-esteem?
Chocolate comes from the cacao bean which grows on trees in this continent.
What is South America
defining the term micronutrient
The term micronutrients refers to vitamins and minerals, which can be divided into macrominerals, trace minerals and water- and fat-soluble vitamins.
You can drink too much water?
Short answer: True
It is very rare for someone to die from drinking too much water, but it can happen. Over hydrating is most common among elite athletes. Drinking an excess of water, called water intoxication, dilutes the concentration of sodium in the blood leading to a condition known as hyponatremia. The symptoms of hyponatremia can range from nausea and confusion to seizures and even death in severe cases. To avoid this, drink fluids with electrolytes during extreme exercise events.
What is cross-contamination.
Cross-contamination is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person, object or place to another.
Three of the known causes of eating disorders
What is psychological, emotional, interpersonal, social, family and genetic factors such as low self-esteem, feeling like a failure, troubled family relationships, history of abuse, cultural pressures, a family history of ED and others.
This vegetable is used to make pickles.
What is cucumber